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Locality Name:
Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1296.99
Youngest recorded age at locality: 354

mindat Locality ID: 22682
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22682.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bell Mountain
Ellington
Ellington Manganese Deposit (Mccaw-Nash Prospect)
J. C. Miller Prospect
Johnson Shut-Ins State Park
Viburnum Trend District

Latitude: 37°24'17"N
Longitude: 90°55'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.404722222222,-90.928333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteDigeniteEnargiteFluorite
GarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMilleriteNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtzite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Anilite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Cattierite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fletcherite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Polydymite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vaesite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31296.991062.1612258651534
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S44083542225866,22586988
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)40835412258713250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS49735412258669052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS44083543225866,225869,2258735516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4973545225862,225869,225871,225873,22587427770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S44083542225866,225869154
Cattierite  (*)PyriteCoS2408354122587330
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4083543225866,225869,2258735707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24973546225862,225866,225869,225871,225873,22587427198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4083543225866,225869,2258734165
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)44973544225869,225871,225873,225874651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S4083543225866,225869,2258731027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S164083542225866,225869300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24973545225866,225869,225871,225873,2258749895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS44083542225866,225873910
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O4083541225869814
Fletcherite  (*)SpinelCuNi2S44083543225866,225869,22587313
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212258619617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1296.993546225862,225865,225869,225871,225873,22587424243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3122586114640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)44973544225863,225871,225873,2258745591
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S44973543225871,225873,225874249
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4497354122586614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24973542225869,22587412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24973544225869,225871,225873,2258745674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS4083542225866,2258691066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2122586417380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS4083542225866,225873767
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S44083543225866,225869,225873131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24973545225866,225869,225871,225873,22587439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212258633106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S849735412258669056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24973546225861,225863,225869,225871,225873,22587461156
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S44973546225862,225866,225869,225871,225873,225874249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4973544225869,225871,225873,22587421482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S134083542225866,2258731803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1340835412258735317
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS24083543225866,225869,225873106
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS4973543225871,225873,225874372


17 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
USGS-Rb-Sr-049521296.991208.991252.99±44Rb-Sr whole rock     44209Johnson Shut-Ins State Park, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-049531296.991208.991252.99±44Rb-Sr whole rock     44209Johnson Shut-Ins State Park, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-049541150.161062.161106.16±44Rb-Srage of later metamorphismk-feldspar     44209Johnson Shut-Ins State Park, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-049551150.161062.161106.16±44Rb-Srage of later metamorphismwhole rock     44209Johnson Shut-Ins State Park, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-049561150.161062.161106.16±44Rb-Srage of later metamorphismplagioclase     44209Johnson Shut-Ins State Park, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-049571150.161062.161106.16±44Rb-Srage of later metamorphismhornblende     44209Johnson Shut-Ins State Park, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-049581296.991208.991252.99±44Rb-Sr whole rock     44209Johnson Shut-Ins State Park, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
Kristen002189386386 Rb-Sr glauconiteGD-1A    3866Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Frank R. Milliken; Blair Creek; Ozark Lead Company Mine; Adair Creek; Logan Creek), Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USASweetwater MineGrant et al. (1984)10.1016/0009-2541(84)90191-8IG2_217 
Kristen002190379379 Rb-Sr glauconiteGD-1B    3866Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Frank R. Milliken; Blair Creek; Ozark Lead Company Mine; Adair Creek; Logan Creek), Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USASweetwater MineGrant et al. (1984)10.1016/0009-2541(84)90191-8IG2_217 
Kristen002191392392 Rb-Sr highglauconiteGD-1C    3866Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Frank R. Milliken; Blair Creek; Ozark Lead Company Mine; Adair Creek; Logan Creek), Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USASweetwater MineGrant et al. (1984)10.1016/0009-2541(84)90191-8IG2_217 
Kristen002192392392 Rb-Sr glauconiteGD-1D    3866Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Frank R. Milliken; Blair Creek; Ozark Lead Company Mine; Adair Creek; Logan Creek), Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USASweetwater MineGrant et al. (1984)10.1016/0009-2541(84)90191-8IG2_217 
Kristen002193389389 Rb-Sr glauconiteGD-1E    3866Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Frank R. Milliken; Blair Creek; Ozark Lead Company Mine; Adair Creek; Logan Creek), Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USASweetwater MineGrant et al. (1984)10.1016/0009-2541(84)90191-8IG2_217 
Kristen002194354354 Rb-Sr glauconiteGD-1WR    3866Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Frank R. Milliken; Blair Creek; Ozark Lead Company Mine; Adair Creek; Logan Creek), Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USASweetwater MineGrant et al. (1984)10.1016/0009-2541(84)90191-8IG2_217 
Kristen002195408366387±21Rb-Sr glauconite     3866Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Frank R. Milliken; Blair Creek; Ozark Lead Company Mine; Adair Creek; Logan Creek), Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USASweetwater MineGrant et al. (1984)10.1016/0009-2541(84)90191-8IG2_217 
Kristen002196373363368±5K-Ar glauconiteGD-1A    3866Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Frank R. Milliken; Blair Creek; Ozark Lead Company Mine; Adair Creek; Logan Creek), Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USASweetwater MineGrant et al. (1984)10.1016/0009-2541(84)90191-8IG2_217 
Kristen002197374364369±5K-Ar glauconiteGD-1B    3866Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Frank R. Milliken; Blair Creek; Ozark Lead Company Mine; Adair Creek; Logan Creek), Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USASweetwater MineGrant et al. (1984)10.1016/0009-2541(84)90191-8IG2_217 
sedexmvt-00240497485Late Cambrian host rock age      26180West Fork Mine, West Fork, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USAWest ForkTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 

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